Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-05-08

flowers. ssy rod square fer de
reason that many are deferred from
pi4ntsnE flower garden because they
ss1f kneFe = too much trouble and
amor attending such Hcrk. ard more
nan tiley can spare the time to under
axe. such 4 rower-besd vii take hut
: mort tlfie g prepare, plant ard cui-
siFate, VII afiord infinite pleasure and
q an indirect source u r,raffs Itf4
not too iate--in fact. = tust the r5s.hf
time Gardens Of any kind r,gnrs9ed
TOO early often Are m0urce a. aunov-
anee rather than pleasure. Have he
land ilrss enriched By q generous eoat-
{ ing q manure; then dig a trench IT. s
teen inches deep aud foot vide. turu +
ne TOP q the next strip . foos vide /
INTO TIE bottom q the trench. the bot (
tom sol q the last on top of that. and /
% On through % the end; or, IL other +
{ words, spade the land fifteen inches /
deep ~ measure. Now, Il you can /
/ t0T, dress. good but II you cannot, no 1
Ilaiser--your garden win grow, any /
'Eill offer 4 premium Of five dollars /
Tor the best flower garden covering : /
surface equal 70 one rod square 81 I
ground, to BE- planted and cultivated 4
y any lad OF miss Of Washington
Territory under eighteen years during 4
the present year; Tor the second best. 4
three dollars; third, two dollars: the +
award 70 be made by the Washington /
Horticultural Society.
There IS plenty Of time vet 70 plant I
and groE the flowers 70 perfection.
We are inclined 70 plant our gardens
too early, anyway.
Vow, lads OF misses, as the case mar
be. let me make this suggestion Of /
three things essential TO insure success
rich ground, deep preparation Of the
soil, td0n't stop short OF fifteen inchest /
and thorough culture. Thorough euI-
ture means frequent hoeing or raking
and wedding. yet not necessarily much 4
i any more labor than slovenly cult /
Walton, Tor the reason, as the old axiom
has il, that . a stitch in time saves
nine. So with the fight against the
weeds thousand can be DESTROYED
easier In the germ than a hundred can (
after vel in position.
This offer means more than the mere
money consideration. The benefit viii
be far more reaching than the mere
dollars and cents involved, and. in
fact. It viii come 70 be a question
whether those who miss the money
premium viii not receive greater ben
EFT than those who succeed. Their
partial failure win show their need Of
just such improvement, and their at
tempt 70 compete indicate willingness
10 learn.
Boys, the flower garden fills place
IN the heart OF mother, sister, and that
. other one " that you all strive to
please, more than you imagine or can
scarce believe. A lad who will care for
his garden shows his care for home,
his love for the beautiful. and his set
tied purpose in life, which viii give
him a standing In the estimation Of ,
those whose opinions are best worthy J
OF having. far greater than he thinks.
You just try Il this once, and see how .
great benefit will accrue. The very ,
nrst question 70 arise viii be: Whv t,
cultivate deep2 Why cultivate at all7 !
What makes them grow And hun ,
dTeds OF such questions. which. 20 solve, !
viii aid in other things besides flori- !
culture.
The girls-what shall say 10 the
girls2 They, we know already. love !
the flowers; yet they, too, may be )
benefited-they may benefit Others. )
They may instil into others some of :
their own enthusiasm-sOme Of their i
taste and refinement-and do that :
much toward elevating the race, with !
out in any sense being drawn TO 4
lower evel. They are certain To enjoy :
not only the contest alone, but also I
the flowers that viii bloom so brightly :
and that bloom upon the cheek Incl :
dent to good health and spirits. By Il
all means let us have the flowers
Guthrie said this morning that the !
subsoii pillow run too deep-was too !
hard on the team. ! said, give them !,
more time. then. By measure found =
he was getting down just fourteen :
inches deep. | was not willing TO let !;
ap a hairs breadth. y
lcaught one Of the men, In laying :
but piece OF land. piowing the cut :
lud-eoyer fashion. / said, Stop that !
and the remainder Of the ]
and we plOwed the back furrow into ,
he first one As far as the slipshod y
blowing had gone there is like a waste 1
strip OF land IN the middle OF the field. !
That is what / call poor farming II \
S difficult TO get men 10 10 work right, Z
The idea seems 90 be with them 10 get
over the ground rapidly, without refer G
,nce 70 the thOroughness OF the work v
lone. Ii | have waste land on my L
place, would rather have il all in q d
Jump and save the seed, cost Of cult a
gation and harvesting, than TO be seat
erred ia spots and streaks.
While | was in Syracuse, week before
asst. | went to see the new style har- J
ness mentioned some time ago-that (
kind used without dOuhletrees or sin z
gletrees- and the more l looked at c
.hega the better | liked them. and q
finally bought half a dozen set ex-
pressiy for the hop work. We viii Il
have them in use in all our hop yards /;
this summer, and will do all or nearly r
All our blowing with double team, and I
expect 10 get down three inches deeper Q
ia consequence. Three inches deeper
ia blowing means a good deal. War
ring says ten, twelve, sixteen or 6
twenty inches would not measure my {
modest desire ON land in which il IS r
possible to sink a pillow 10 50 great $
depth for believe | could make more {
money from one acre, tWenty-four 4
inches deep, than from six acres four
inches deep, certainly more from Z
farm II atty acres. wei cultivated and
enriched 70 the depth Of twelve inches. 1
than from one hundred acres six inches
deep. ! think We should value oar I
land hy the cuhic feet Of good soil i :
contains rather than by is superficial !
feet,
As | write. We are blowing in one !
field fourteen inches deep and in an
other ten. In the latter In the hops, 0n
what We call still clay land. Accord 1
ing 10 Warning rule our valley farm
ers are rich beyond their greatest ex- ,
pectations. On my Puyailup home !